Charles Henry Olive Daniel (30 September 1836 – 6 September 1919) was a British

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clergyman and

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. Having been a

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in classics at

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, he was elected a

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Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was ad ...

in 1863. He was ordained as a deacon in the

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in 1864 and went on to serve his college as a

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and chaplain. He was elected

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of Worcester College in 1903, serving until his death in 1919. In 1874, he also established the

Daniel Press The Daniel Press was a private press in England, run by Charles Henry Olive Daniel (1836–1919), his wife Emily and later even their daughters, firstly at Frome and afterwards in Oxford. Henry Daniel began printing in 1845, when still a schoolbo ...

, a

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Early life and education

Daniel was born on 30 September 1836 in

Wareham, Dorset Wareham ( ) is a historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parishes in England, civil parish, in the England, English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome, Dorset, River Frome southwest of Poole. Situa ...

, England, as the eldest son of the Reverend Alfred Daniel and Eliza Anne ( Cruttwell). As a baby, he was presented to the then Princess Victoria, the year before she became Queen of the United Kingdom. Two years after his birth, his father was appointed

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Frome, Somerset Frome ( ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills and on the River Frome, south of Bath. The population of the parish was 28,559 in 2021. Frome was one of the largest tow ...

, and it was there that he spent the rest of his childhood. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, and

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

, London. He learnt how to use the family's

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as a child, and took it with him when he went to university. In 1854, aged only 17, he was awarded a scholarship to

, to study '' Literae humaniores'' (i.e.

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). He graduated from the

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with a

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(BA) degree 1858. He was a prominent member of the

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and was elected its librarian for 1859. HIn 1904, he was awarded the

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(DD) degree by the University of Oxford.

Career

In 1859, Daniel joined

, as a

in classical literature. However, in 1863, he was elected to a

of his ''alma mater''

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and so he left London to return to the

. He brought an early

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with him to his new rooms in Oxford. He was ordained as a

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in the

either in London before he returned to Oxford or in 1864. His religious views were

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, rather than the

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that flourished at Oxford nor the anti-ritualist intolerance that sprung up against it. In addition to being a classical

, he held a number of college offices: he became dean of chapel in 1865, the vice-provost in 1866, and junior

in 1870. He also served the University of Oxford; as

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in 1873 and as the classical examiner from 1876 to 1877. In 1882, following the death of

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, he was a candidate for the post of

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, but the post went to Edward Nicholson, a professional librarian. In 1903, the first year that the fellows of Worcester College had the power to elect their own provost, Daniel was chosen by he colleagues to head the college. During the

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, he kept the college chapel open and maintained "its services unbroken". He led the college until his death in 1919.

Personal life

In 1878, Daniel married Emily Olive (1852–1933), his first cousin and daughter of Edmund Crabb Olive. Together they had two daughters; Rachel (1880–1937) and Ruth (1884–1961). Daniel died on 6 September 1919 at his country house in

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. He is buried in

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, Oxford. The Daniel Press was inherited by Daniel's nephew, (1888-1955), who used it to print and publish his own ''His Majesty's Valiants: Being a Short Account of Valiant Deeds Accomplished by the King's and Queen's Ships of that Name Between the Years 1759 and 1922'' in 1923, to Emily Daniel's chagrin. H. M. Daniel, a

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officer, was famously court-martialled in

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of 1928 and subsequently worked as a journalist.

References

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